The Sun. — London, England, 1809-03-21 00:00:00

i I tot to, reSign - ' the 'command of the army ; Tre-tni. derstood- a proposition - of this'kittd Nati been drawn ,Alf) io the band-Writing Of Sir D. Dundas, Which' had been approved of by several Officers, and only laid aside through the -opposition Of One. Such proceedings, he thought, ought, might to be put a stop to.. It was. but yesterday he was informed; in the street, - that an address, drawn up by a Clergy-' Pan, which was neither more nor less than a'series of compliments to the Duke, which concluded by advising him still to retain the Command; ' had been carried to a :bookseller, Who Very commend ably refused to have any thing to do with it.— , This conduEt he could not think • consistent with their, duty. Had the charges been brought against any other person, it would not have men pied them two days, hardly' two hours, instead of being (torn the Ist of Februaly'' to the 20th of March, making inquiries, and discus Sing the merits of the case. When . the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Wardle) brought them forward, Ministers had. ex , , pressed themselves glad ibat they were at length brought forwaid ie n a tangible shape.' They were much 'obliged to him for bringing them forward, that they might reply ; . but now, after all, they . Would not thank him. One Gentleman had said if lt.velte of thanks was proposed he would oppose it; thougii it he i (Mr. W.) did not mistake, he was nariginally among « the Thankers ;" but whatever they might do, he was entitled to the thanks of the enaniry, rind he did not doubt but ninety-nine out of every hundred would give him that praise be so well deserved. ' • ' Mr. ADDlNcerow explained. . • The' See'IiC,TARY at WAR rrise to reply to that Tart` of the. 'loth Gentleman's, (Mr. Whitbread) speech relatina t the Address such a thing had 'f r at'TelY••b*rt - propisied in c o nversation, 13 Officers only were present, several of whom took no part in what passPcl. Le knew nothing of what the Hon. Gentleman had teen informed' ot in the street, • Mr. WHITBEEkb had understood that a 'paper had i been dra wn t;p in the hand writing of Sir D. ntili " i s. He wi s hed' to knew f the design was abandoned ? . The SECRETARY at WAR Stated, that it was,. as 'ar as he knew.. He , was not aware ut any such paper, Mr. CANNlNdsaid, if 4nelLa thing lied only been spoken of in a loose conversation it w: s wholly un important, but if otherwise, such ,cOndut.i. merited punishment. • - - 'The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to ef Plain that he had not deserted the D u k e; b ut Hs the res ia n ation 'of his Royal Highness'. was his • own na solely, he thought any interference on Lis Part improper. General LOFTtA, with respea to the 'Address, . • S tated, that no regular steps were taken towardi framing one, the subje& Was merely started tai cell , versition, Mr. LEE KECK spoke, but Go indistinctly as to VeClUde the possibility it a faithful report. Aftei , some observations in reply from Mr. IlperunasT, strangers were ordered to withdraw. Mr., Eiviguhrr, we understand, withdrew his • The 'goose then divided on the Amendments. Faitie“Chitneeller of the Exchequer's For Lotd Althorpe's . , iis lilujodty a fivour of the Chime. Of the Exchequer's -123 'Vile Amendment proposed by : the CHANCELLOR ` l 4 ,r the Ex(“ii,r2ll. i was the omission of the wor d eve B r ti- t;0 " 1-7 1 : that Ulr. \ Q "tr ‘r e :y admitted.—e coul Wd how , M respectin g Gen era l Clavering N" postponed his otion to Thursday next. Lord ii * k.37 ° ll s also postponed, his motion re- S i f e e qt i l e far , th_er Clialges against his oyal Highness Adjouril X at ork to the 17th thy of April. Eleven o'clock. • TO 'CORRESPONDENTS. . We intended" to insert a continuation of the valuable " Ins flisTOatcat., Raviaw ow Buoaa '4atz's CAMPAIGN IN this day s but a Incas c 'q Mallet ptevents us. 11..1 • MAILS. an.--z Uublin . Di/E--r Gatteriburgh, t Malta, z U . nblin , p Waterlorth • PRICE slocß.s Consort !His DAY AT TWELvi O ' cLOOK . 67ki T E SU N. soLisa DICILIta PALSU►I ACURA r ? .1, 0 N D 0 N, TaYEADAY . , MARCH I , 1809. We feel great pleasure in heingle to contradia, in the most Tiositive manner, and upon the best an , thority, report of the loss of? the Live Torigate, with the whole of her crew. It was stilted that this ;intelligence was brought by. the : we can . ,fissure our Readers that the Swallow did not hying eny su::!1 account, our is there the slightest shadow of fottliklatiop.for any part of the report: Into igence of a most satisfaCtory nature was yes lf"day received trom Spain i Which states that a fresh -n st!rreClioa had broken out in the North-went of 4 4 , 111 against the French: A veil) , considerable S pani4l force has been colleEted in the neighbour ht'uti of Vigo, Pontekdra and Villagrave. The Peaiants have been engaged in several, skirmishes with the Licipy, and have been victorious. The French force at Corunna consisted of about 800, at Bt ' Jag° Iboo, in Padria 300, in - Pontevedra 400, I llut their chief force; consisting of about 10,000 was 'in a positien betWeeP Tu y and Orense. 'l : sh e Spanish army, under the command of the Mar (1:116 de In RQIIIANA, was beyond Montinez, on the r otalers of. Portugal. The Patriots had received a ItiPply_ of muskets and ammunition from the e • t:110 of the Live/y,aud the general aspea of affairs promises a thorc 'favourable result than might be ex. 'petted frott recent 'disasters. •.: . , . • Wa ComMunichted. to our Aeadeis, in apart of `OUr Edition Of yesterday, the important intelligence "of the commencement of , hostilities between Ans lria .and France. This intelligence does not. come Officially; but was contained in private letters of the 17th inst. ' They state, that the French having ad vanced a corps, with the intention of obtaining pos session of the City of Trieste, the Austrian troops in •that neighbourhood, were immediately collected, and an engagement took place, in which the French were defeated. Another very important fact men tioned' in these letters is, that the Austrians have taken pessession . of Dresden. We know not whe ther this step was liken with or without the , consent of the Government of Saxony; but. the possession of Dresden will be of most essentiatad- . vantage to Austria. We trust that it will 'appear that the Austrian and Saxon Governments have Jaded' in concert upon this occasion, and we have little doubt, if 'BtiONAPA'ATE should not be attended ' with' 'his,Usual Success in the ()inset of this contest, that all 'the . Princes who have been forced intO the . .Confederation'of the Rhine, will eagerly tkrom off the - yoke, and join against their-common Oppressor. It was reported also yesterday, that the Austrians had obtained some successes in Bavaria. Thew can be little' dOubt that the principal exertions of AuOria will be •direeted to that quarter and to the Tyrol. The Tyrolese, though' forcibly • detached from Austria by the Peace of Presburgh, have upon all occasions manifested the mast ardent attachment to the Austrian Government, and they have vety!re cently resistee, by farce, the orders•ol the. King of Bavaria for enlisting a certain number of troops -in the Tyrol. The Austrian Government haVe.taklo advantage of this disposition, and - we ' have no doubt that we shall shortly hear that the whole of . the Tyrol has declared in favour of Austria.-'--; With respeCt to the determination ,of Russia and Prussia, we have received no positive infornia . lion ; "but it is stated that BUONAPA RTE h as corn plaitied,, rather / in strong terms, of the tardiness which the 'Emperor ALEXANDER has displiyedin the performance of his engagements with Prance. If this be true, we may at least look for t tli6 , 'nentrality - of Russia in the approaching confliCi between Au stria and France. Indeed, nothing short of talual ,insanity 4131 d induce, the Emperor ALEXANDEIIIO, take an active part •in assisting France to overwhelm the Austrian Monarchy. With respe& to Prussia, She has it not now in her power; as She had in Sep tember, 180.5," to turn the Scale between Austria and Frances but leer military fore! is by no means utterly annihilated. The King of Prussia has for ° some time beenendeavouring to restore his army to semething likes state of respeClabiliti, and we believe that the whole Prussian Ariny now amounts' to little less than. 50,00() men, M. STEIN, who was lately' proscribed by BUONAPARTE, and was obliged to quit the Prussian territory, drew upon himself the resent- 1 $ went of the Tyrant, principally by his exertions to restore the military force of Prussia. The King of ' Prussia was compelled, in obedience to the Mandate of BUONAPARiE, to issue a Proclamation, offering a reward fOr the apprehension 'of his own l‘finister, who had been guilty of no other crime but that of giving. his Sovereign faithful and honest advice, M. STEIN, however, was fortunate enough to tired Austrian % f his escape into the A States. We have made some extracts (rem the Dutch Pa pers which . arrived yesterday but the intelligence they contain is not of 'very great importance. ,The Proserpinql Frigate is stated to have been talien in the Mediterranean, by two FreaCh Frigates,. after ' a severe action. ' In an article dated Paris, March 12, it.is saril',iYiat General PALAME died at Saragos sa, the beginning of this month. We have' little doubt that his death was fir:Cc:rented by the means which BuoNA-AnTa,luis so frequently ernproyed to get rid of formidable opponeia.4. 1 The Topaz, French Frigate,, h:ts been taken off Guadaloupe by the Cleopatra and Hazard Sloop, with troops and flour, on board; and two National Brigs, thelVapokon and Josephine, are also taken: Tie proceedings respe4ing his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK are at length brought to a close. The CHANCELLOR of tile Es eitcatiili, yesterday evening, communicated to the House of Commons the substance of his Royal Highness's Letter , to his MA.resTY, tendering his' resignation; and 'his MA JOSTY'S answer. Mr. BATHURST, however, per sisted in moving' the Resolution of which he had previously given notice; but Lord Aurnorbra moved an Amendment, stating that his Royal Highneos having resigned, the House did not now think it necessary to proceed any further. 'The CHANCEL* tOlt of the Exottsuoart approved of this Amend ment, with the excePtion of the word now, which he moved to leave'out, and his-motion was agreed to by a Majority of 50,5 to 1 ti.). t,ord ALTnount's motion, thus amended, was then sgreed V I lutta I umvui ast.SVC CO respecting the appointment of a Boiird . (O dirt; et the Affairs.Of tho A•itiny, upon 'plan similar:lo that of the-Board ot: Admiralty, and the 'names even of the :General Officers iv'ho are to compose this Board have % been' mentioned. We have, 'however, reason to believe th4t there :is no . 'fotintlat ion whatever for these.rn.. mours. Sir DAVID DUNDAS will probibly . be ap pointed to succeed. his Rbyal Higlines# as -Corn.: triander ins Chief, and certainly it mould be impossi ble to find in the service an Officer better qualified for the situation. • - There was no Court of Alderinen held to 7 day ; but the LORD MAYOR, after,inspeaing the returns of the'mealWeighers, Ordered the P . ride,of Bread to fall id. .per Peck; the QUartern Loaf will then be is. 21d. 'tag ARkY. —The 68th (dr Porhain Regi men!) which has just been made a Light Infantry Regiment ) like the 43d and - .52k is now one pt the finest in the service, and eXpeals very soon , to be employed. The. 77th (1.4 d CAVAN'S Re giment, commanded by . Colonel WHITELOCKR, has moqhed into Winchester. This regiment will very soon tr.:employed. The 2d battalion of. the 7tll (or 11048114 e liig4landers) have, just gone to Scot.: land, a skeleton, in order to recrnit.:- That tine body of men, the ,Nyrshire Militla;l'cornmatided by Sir DAvio IipNTF.R 131,Afft, is :it present at Horsham beriacks, Su sex. The kith Regiment of Dra • gonns, quartered in Hampshire,. is ordered to proceed to Falinouth, to embark fur foreign service. The de tachtuent'at Southampton marched yesterday. Wed.. nesdny, about tGo recruits disembarked at Cowes him] Cork, and' marched for the army depot. The Bill for completing the 'Militia of Great Bri tain has been printed. It enacts, among other things, that . , - • Special Constables shall rot be. exempt frorn ierving in the Militia.— Persons chosen by laaliot , and not serving, arc to be liable to a forfeit Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor may raise men as VOltutteCTS. No Rates of Subscription to be made for inducing persons, to volunteer. . _ Volunteers not to be exempt, unless they shall have served 'the lull number of days. Persons .ballotied under the Traininz Ae.t not exempt, Dior Officers upon hall. pay. . Att not to extssid to the City of London. Tus TREATS R.—We have much pleasure in stat ing, that the . performance which took 'place last ,night at the Opera House, for the benefit of the Drury-lane - Company of Comedians,. was attended by. a very nume rous . audience. The play was The 'Horsey Neon, and the Performers all exerted them - - selves with zeal and ability. A passage repeated by PEttLicv, respecting 'resignations,. was caught held of by some persons who,;e feelings are not to be en . vied, and made the subjed of vulgar exultation ; and the notorious' Mrs. CLARKS, who,. it is said, was present, appeared, as might indeed be expeated, to be not, a little gratified on the occasion. Mr. KEMBLE' was; to have performed in . the Tra gedy of ,King L . ear last niglit at the Haymarket Theatre, but being indisposed, The ,Iteveme • was sabstltuted, -alter some difficulty in ending Mr. lotit4P, who, - not . expecting to be called on, was gone out of town. t o rt in it , now perform ng at ridiuborgh, where he in: s - ilYst apriearance for the season on Thursday last, in the tinit ut liarn/d, and ,was re ceived with greatapplauso. Mrs. BILLitiGTON, who has been some time in disposed, is better, but not likely soon to reanimate the mpsicel circles.. Mr. Dts:oND, the respeBable proprietor of the Bath The.nre, has'positively contrad4aed the reports that incendiary letters had been sent to him threaten ing danger to that property. Yeineiday,. as a gentleman was taking 'an airing on horseback in Hyde ?ark, his horse took fright, and threw him with such violence as to break ku;th his legs. 'flee horses then rap towards Hyde Perk Corner, and in ,his course knocked down a man who attempted. to stop him, and , who , was mueli bruised. • • ' 'Yesterday a chimney caught fire in Little Drtiry- . lane. A child, who was alone in the morn at the time; went to the fire-place to endeavour try put it out; . but, unfortunately, going too near, its cloths caught fire, audit was burnt "so dreadfully that it expired whilst conveying to the hospital. • An intelligent and highly . Valued Correspondent has communicated thefollowing.discription of the Manner of Concluding , commercial concerns in that part of St. Domingo goVerned by ClicistOphe • On the arrival of any vessel, before the Captain:or Supercargo is allowed to cotnnience any of his *ilea, he is obliged to repair, personally,, to Christophe (wherever - he may 'b e ), and under charge of an Officer, for the purpose of,exliibitin.,, , tlie invoice at his cargo to the, Black GeneraL , 'C Christo p he, then marks y , halever articles he chooses to take. for his oNtrn use, and that oldie Government, on he fixes his own prices ; and for which he pays. in coffee, at from 11.:3 to t !sons ; the : rest oft he cargo may then be offered for sale generaily... it is ut terly useless io remonstrate against any of the con-, 'ditions; however, which 4t3 prescribes ; and to refuse ,lion 'tire articles lie - has marked, ,is it, ileed a aerie of danger', not enly to the pail, ref using,-but to any one who should happen u purchase such goods. Sc well is this understoottat- Capri Francois, that any one bUying the articksfiX ed on, as before described, would be considered•as Marked out for early and certain .Massaere. It is 'else a well known foci, that a. the timeChristop - he has forced cotne on merchants at e. 3 although it could been bought - . fit Cape Francois at and under. ten sous. Every person in the Cape is, so imMediately under his controul, that he ha s the powerof thwarting every measure of those who are obnoxions to him,' and which he ne ver fails to do, by refusing any aid to , the repairing Or "refitting of their vessels, or in whatever' other manner he can exercise his malignant passions upon them. On Stuiday:rilotnin poor woman, 'Opt wile of one of tlae privates iu the Life Guards, thivx self iiito the Serpentine Riv4v. A. blacksmith, who oft the spot, piti.pged ban . thb sailggle - she kept him so lvtip, uuder water,, that wlie6 brotiatit oet,, by the as :static of others,'iht;sl both takell to St. Georges Workhouse, where the Watt, it i 3 faxed, will flQt survivv, 'Esstr. - E - W o i BraMUDA, FED:. 6.—A Court Martial was held here on the 9.atli ult. and continued hyadjonrAMetit until the 3011), - for the triatOf the CaPtiirr, Offic'er', - .Pilot, and Ship's Company, for the loSi df late Ship Bii7reertir, which was unfartunktfirt wrecked in November last, in the River St. Lirvi rence, on her .passage to Queb.,:c.—.-The Cont:t of up; t , idn,`that the loss of the Ship .Was Occasioned by the hadnot *being kept going. The 111391,-..1 severely reprimanded, and 'the' Seeoad Lietrenon't was distniksed the soviet. in - consequence of it ap pearing in evidence that he quittcd the .feell. during his watch, ler . a short time, and the Ship haring struck in the said watch. The Captain anci other Officers and Ship's Company were acqutited. The "ille/untpus, Cap! . at,+wxrit, has ca ptiired rid sent in belle a French - Corvette,'nf I'6 guns and 85 havin t g on hourd a - conderable quantity t.f flour and gunpowder. from Cherbaigh, hound to the rciid of the French troops 'in the city t. , z Sr. Domingo. 'The Capfain and 01110ers of the Banterer tetio to Europe in the Prize Stup Frown, lately copturo by tbe Sulifisqre and sent in here. The troops. from Halifax which ha've been in ti e Expedition to Martinique are umveCted here', and *lll wait untOthe season of returning to Nova` Scotia is salt. Provisions of all descriptions Are particllarly scarce here. The crews of the King's Ships live entirely on saltproviiions, and i that pbOnt two-thirLlS. The disputes between the (inventor and iksenll.o still continue; they wait with much en xi:ty The op,t. pion of Government on such an unpica:lnt ,Serious aivreliensions are entertained ler the los's of the Shamrock Schooner, Lieut. BOWEN, whielx has been tnissing-sotne ante. OP SctiLY , 'MAW!! the 7th inst. the Brig Good talent, LE rElittli Master, 630 casks of . butttir from Cork, bound to Lisbon, iii going out of harbour, there being little wind, w. 3, by the current; drawn upon • a ledge. of rocics;•,l soon filled with water. About 487 caski hive brought to the warehouse, and the vessel tuvved boats into the pier. —Captain and crew saved. Arrived the Brig Colisto, of London, WEVVIER- 7 HEAD Alaiter, front Surinntn, with coffee, cotton; and 'wine, Nitta to London, having met with heavy gales, and thrown a 'part of the cargo ocserhoard, to• gethe.r . with Silt of her guns her sails arc Also da: Maged, Arrived the Ship •Frauit, APPLEBY Maittn'r rr I 1 Bermuda, with nap' . and cater., bound to London and the Sloop P«rayny, nitowN ALSter, !ruin Ber:- tnuda, with turpenth,e, bound to London. Came in a French Schooner and Fiench ' Logtrer, nixes to his Majesty's Frigate liesisiance: SHEERNESS, MA'RCH 1 8. - -inived hi 4 Majesty'i Ship Piaory from the Downs. I ' Sailed his Majesty's Ships Taittit And Oppoision. The Sarpen was Ondocked, and .the Exertiori. .docked. MAUCH lg.—Arrived the British Brig of London, T. WiATllettlikAD ALM laden with cotton, ceffife, 001, and wine, trom Surinam bound to London; left the former place the I3tli January; it cOMpany with six others, alt which paited company at different Arrived the Spanish' Brig Buena Pee, JUAN MAxNna ELORAIONA Master; of 'and from Bilbea; bound to London, last from Penzance,' laden with i)irlislt wool and liquorice. .The Alert Sloop of War,' which itinck on n cock near .Drake's .IsTand, was got off yesterday evening, without Much : damage, and is gene up Hamoate: Sailed the Gibraltar, of 80 gutt, to join the Ficet Qtr flodhefort PALM:WT.II, MARCH 18.---Arrived the OH( TN-import from Sailed hie M jesty's Brig Pirdgo, witlt a cotr.cy for Portugal; and the gaisingkant Packet, Caigain ROBERTS:, with Mails for Lisbou. Porrsmotiiit, MAncti vo.—Atrived ty"s Ships -baring and Sarveillante from the west!. war 4; also the Hero 0 tkc Nils, --- and diny,, CuNkotgos, from Rid de Janeiro; god II London ; I?e?!jarnin, CA t EV, from Waterton! ; Oak, from Duthit) ; Stx;"- combe, WILLIAms, from Brist4; and the ~ 4,/ar4, RARVEY, from niddeford. Sailed his Majesty's ShTps viaoriou.i and tint ; ,g4so ':ti 'Zle, for 'Lor:don, Passed by, from Rio . do. Janeiro, the Vigilant and The Brig German Pacht, which' sailed frOrri RiO da Janeiro, under convoy of the ,SurveillaWe; wr it on tlte passage, captured by a French Privateer. The Hoti. JOHN Hors,has relinqu'lhe t i hi s sit ua , tion is one of the Lords of the Anmirtilry, and i 4 gone t o §c,„Aludi w e re obliblycvnti:we